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'''The Beatles''' were an [[England|English]] Rock band from [[Liverpool]], UK. They were arguably the single most influential rock band of the 20th century, selling over a billion records. The Beatles played and recorded many genres of [[Rock and Roll]] from Tin Pan Alley to [[Psychadelia|Psychedelic Rock]].
The four Beatles were [[John Lennon]] (1940-1980), [[George Harrison]] (1943-2001), [[Paul McCartney]] (1942- ), and [[Ringo Starr]] (1940- ). Most of the Beatles songs were co-written by Lennon and McCartney. In the latter half of the 1960's the majority of their songs were written individually, but retained the "Lennon & McCartney" writing credit. George Harrison's songs became more prominent on the albums following Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The Beatles were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1988. As solo artists, all but Ringo have been inducted (Lennon in 1994, McCartney in 1999 and Harrison in 2004).
Lennon caused controversy among Christians when he proclaimed,
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"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. ... We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock'n'roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.", (London Evening Standard, March 4, 1966)
</blockquote>
remarks for which he subsequently apologized.
In 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the Beatles #1 on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty]</ref>
The two surviving Beatles are: Ringo Starr and Sir Paul McCartney. Both Ringo and Paul have their own side projects. Rumors of a Paul McCartney Summer 2007 tour have been circling.
==Discography==
'''Please Please Me''' (1963)
'''With the Beatles''' (1963)
'''A Hard Day's Night''' (1964)
'''Beatles For Sale''' (1964)
'''Help!''' (1965)
'''Rubber Soul''' (1965)
'''Revolver''' (1966)
'''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''' (1967)
'''Magical Mystery Tour''' (1967)
'''The Beatles''' (1968)
'''Yellow Submarine''' (1969)
'''Abbey Road''' (1969)
'''Let It Be''' (1970)
'''Let It Be... Naked''' (2003)
Collections:
'''Hey Jude (1970 - US, 1979 - UK)'''
'''The Beatles/1962-1966 (1973)'''
'''The Beatles/1967-1970 (1973)'''
'''Rock and Roll Music''' (1976)
'''Love Songs''' (1977)
'''Past Masters Volume One''' singles, 1962-65 (1988)
'''Past Masters Volume Two''' singles, 1965-70 (1988)
'''Live at the BBC''' (1994)
'''Anthology 1''' 1958-64 (1995)
'''Anthology 2''' 1965-68 (1996)
'''Anthology 3''' 1969-70 (1996)
==Movies and Television==
'''A Hard Day's Night''' (1964)
'''Help!''' (1965)
'''Magical Mystery Tour''' (television special, 1967)
'''Yellow Submarine''' (1968)
'''Let It Be''' (1970)
==References==
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[http://www.delta.ro/beatles/paudi.html Beatle songs and lyrics]
[http://beatlesnumber9.com/biggerjesus.html Transcript of LES Lennon interview]
[[Category:Music]]